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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 - SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 VOLUME 6, NO. 35
EL MONTE MAN WANTED FOR ALLEGED SHOOTING DEATH OF PREGNANT WIFE
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uthorities are searching for a man suspected in the shooting death of his pregnant wife in El Monte Wednesday night. Police responded to a gunshot victim call at a home in the 2700 block of Leafdale Avenue just before 9 p.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department stated in a news release. Arriving officers found a 37-year-old pregnant woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound inside the home. The woman, who has not been identified, was taken to a local hospital. Both the mother and her fetus were pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital, the Sheriff’s Department stated. Authorities are searching for the woman’s husband, who investigators believe shot the victim during a domestic dispute. The suspect was identified as 36-year-old Octavio Curiel-Martinez. Octavio Curiel-Martinez and the victim lived at the home together with their children, according to the news release. Investigators do not believe the children were home at the time of the shooting. Curiel-Martinez stands 5 feet 7 inches tall and was
Anaheim Joins Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation
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Ontario Hosts Inaugural Ontario Festival of the Arts in the Arts District Mark your calendar for September 15, 2018 from 11 AM to 6 PM when the City of Ontario hosts the inaugural Ontario Festival of the Arts in the Arts District (the area between and around the Ontario Museum of History & Art and Chaffey Community Museum of Art). The Festival of the Arts will celebrate visual and
performing arts with artist booths, art demonstrations and instruction, maker machines, display of historical artifacts and ephemera, mini walking tour of Arts District historic buildings, and live musical performances. Free Admission. For more information visit www.ontarioarts.org/ festival
Riverside Citywide Day Honors First Responders Annual event offers chance to serve community while remembering 2001 attacks The City of Riverside will remember the Sept. 11 attacks and honor our first responders during a Citywide Day of Service that starts with an opening ceremony at La Sierra University and concludes with an event at City Hall and a
commemoration during the City Council meeting. Community members are invited to attend either or both of the events and/ or participate in one-hour
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Anaheim is among 20-plus partners nationally to join with Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation to support the 21 Days to Be Kind Challenge in September. The challenge calls on everyone to practice an act of kindness on behalf of themselves or for others for each day from Sept. 1 to Sept. 21. “Kindness occurs every day in Anaheim,” MayorTom Tait said. “This challenge will help bring that everyday kindness into focus and encourage others to spread kindness in their lives.” Behind the challenge is the idea that doing something for 21 days in a row instills the practice as an enduring habit. The challenge is a chance for students, teachers and families to establish kinder
habits that will last all year or even a lifetime. Anaheim, which officially adopted City of Kindness as its motto in 2017, is the only standalone city signed on to the challenge. Other participants include the Miami Heat basketball team, New York City’s Thrive NYC and Kind Healthy Snacks. Anaheim is enlisting the power of our schools to take part in the 21 Days to Be Kind Challenge. They’ll be encouraging their students to take part in the 21 days of kindness. The city will be promoting the challenge on social media and through other city communications. Participants can share their experience on social media with the hashtag #BeKind21.
Mayor Garcia’s Presentation Highlights City’s Unprecedented Development Mayor Robert Garcia, in partnership with the Long Beach Business Journal, provided an update on the City’s record level of new development and construction activity currently underway. The Mayor’s Building a Better Long Beach presentation high-
lighted several new highrise projects and a growing trend of more sustainable and iconic spaces on the horizon. “The unprecedented growth and resurgence seen
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